Malphite with Galio
How to Synergize Malphite and Galio
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Malphite Galio Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Galio
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Galio
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Malphite Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Malphite sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Galio helps Malphite perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Galio, he sees a little drop in his total damage output. This change may signal that Galio does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Galio.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Galio on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Galio does a decent job of protecting Malphite in team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Galio?
There is no perfect ally for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, Galio is a very typical ally for Malphite. By locking into the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 49.4%. This shows that there is only a small synergy between Malphite and Galio that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Galio has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be cautious when finding Galio allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Combined, these two will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by bringing Malphite and Galio together, you may not be granting your side enough AD. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Galio ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to pair well with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Malphite and Galio synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Galio than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 49.4% helping carry Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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